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Before Publishing Your Annual Appeal, Ask Yourself These 5 Questions

Bloomerang

The fundamentals of a fundraising appeal. With that in mind, the focus should be on them, not on you or your organization. . Here’s a “you test” you can use from Bloomerang that also incorporates the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level reading test. This isn’t compelling as a fundraising appeal. You’re writing to one donor.

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7 Ways to Get More Out of Your Online Fundraising Platform

Qgiv

How do you make the most of your new online fundraising platform? Once you’ve got the technology you need, it’s time to optimize your online fundraising for your nonprofit. That’s why it’s important to have an online fundraising platform that’s customizable and offers tools you need to get more of your supporters giving.

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Preparing Your Nonprofit to Move Beyond the Founder

Blue Avocado

A new nonprofit begins as a figment, something fully realized only in the founder’s mind. They may hew to an established strategic plan or question ambitious fundraising goals, for example. If fundraising fails to keep pace with the expectations outlined in your budget, a crisis ensues. That is the test of a true leader.

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7 Totally Surprising Brain Tricks to Sell Your Cause

NTEN

Appeal to the massive subconscious mind to help sell your cause. They have studied how to appeal to the massive subconscious mind, and there are some interesting and sometimes bizarre takeaways for those of us engaged in social good. Katya Andresen. Network for Good. Here are seven of the most surprising ways to sell your cause.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Make sure that you good internal system for sharing any updates that might come in through fundraising office or other school connections. Guy notes that the ideal ratio of peoples’ comments to your responses is one-to-one. You might also consider setting up a Facebook Group just for alumni and encourage them to share this information.

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Making the Most of Your Nonprofit’s Website: Understanding the Basics

Connection Cafe

Hopefully, your year-end fundraising efforts have gone off without a hitch, but the best (and busiest) campaigns tend to reveal gaps or outdated parts of your toolkit. Keep these tips in mind when reviewing the frontend elements of your site: Focus on strong but tidy visual design. This is a trend worth adopting!

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The Overhead Solution: A New Nonprofit Pride Movement

Tech Soup

Think of the words "overhead" and "nonprofits" and what comes to mind? Worst case: Where there is not sufficient knowledge, the expenses that are not chargeable to either of the contracts may land under "administration," thus increasing the overhead ratio. Nonprofit Bookkeeping Test from Blue Avocado.